From beginnings as an audio and video editor for the Department of Defense, G.W. Childs IV has done seemingly everything in a long and storied career. Leaving the military with a record deal from COP International Records for his band Soil & Eclipse, he went on to work for Lucasfilm and has done remixing work for Gene Loves Jezebel, Ray Charles, and James Brown. Currently, he reviews for AskAudio Magazine,…
Jason “DJ Shine” Spanu appears on the cover of Australia’s AudioTechnology Magazine Jason “DJ Shine” Spanu, WaveDNA’s very own Application Specialist, was featured recently on the cover of AudioTechnology Magazine. The article, Doomsday Survival Kit, discusses the growing issue of tech meltdowns during live performances. With artists, DJs, and producers increasingly using computers for their performances, there are a number of very real and terrifying things that can go wrong.…
The NAMM Show 2015, January 22-25th in Anaheim, CA WaveDNA is excited to announce that the team will be headed to the NAMM Show 2015! The National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) is a not-for-profit organization with music industry trade shows spanning the globe. Every year in January, the major event exhibits the most innovative and cutting-edge products in music instruments, recording technology, sound and lighting. WaveDNA will be there with Liquid…
Phinestro is a musician, producer, and composer from Brooklyn, New York. He’s made a name for himself in the music world through placements on the hit show Keeping Up with the Kardashians, advertisements for Aeropostale and Adidas, work with Youtube superstar Bethany Mota, and a PSA on the Spider-Man 2 DVD. In the midst of his rise to the top, WaveDNA talks to him about his process, the importance of…
You have to play with a flying robot this Thursday. This was my greeting early on a Monday back in August when I walked into work. My curiosity was piqued. I mean, that’s not the kind of sentence you hear every day (or every week/month/year/ever for that matter). When Thursday finally came, Xingbo Wang and Natasha Dalal–two former interns at WaveDNA–arrived with what they called a flying drum machine. The…
Liquid Rhythm v1.4.3 features a number of improvements and fixes. Most notably, Liquid Rhythm is fully supported on OS X Yosemite, and features a snazzy new single-click installer. For current users download a copy of the latest version by clicking the link below. For new trial users, please download the trial version here. Note: To use Liquid Rhythm’s Max for Live Clips plugin in Ableton Live 9, update both Live and Max 6…
WaveDNA chats with Yancey Grantham about his music and use of Liquid Rhythm in the first of our User Profile series What piqued your interest in digital music production and how long have you been creating your own songs? MIDI piqued my interest in digital music. I had analog synths in the 70’s and bought a DX-7 MIDI synth in the 80’s and a computer for the MIDI/DAW. This was…
Learn how to use FXpansion’s BFD Eco with Liquid Rhythm to create incredibly realistic drums FXpansion’s BFD Eco is a powerful software instrument for acoustic drums. With the option to start from scratch or to choose a pre-made kit, you can add effects, fills, and tweak individual kit pieces to get your drums sounding exactly the way you want. BFD Eco is available at a number of online retailers as…
Use Liquid Rhythm with G8 Dynamic Gate to create unique sounds in your DAW If you’ve been searching for a reason to fall deeper in love with Liquid Rhythm, we’ve got an exciting new way to use the software to control a noise gate in your DAW. For this, WaveDNA worked with Unfiltered Audio’s very cool G8 Dynamic Gate. Inspired by his work with modular synthesizers, Michael Hetrick (G8’s inventor and…
“Always think of yourself as a beginner. The field is always shifting and changing, and the moment that you think of yourself as an expert is the moment that you lose touch.” Michael Hetrick is a very busy man. He is the owner of Unfiltered Audio, a PhD candidate at UC Santa Barbara, a teacher, an electronic musician under the name The February Thaw, and a developer with Slate. Recently, WaveDNA…
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